Olympus E-620 vs Panasonic LX3

Lets look more closely at the Olympus E-620 and Panasonic LX3, one being a Entry-Level DSLR and the latter is a Small Sensor Compact by rivals Olympus and Panasonic. The resolution of the E-620 (12MP) and the LX3 (10MP) is pretty similar but the E-620 (Four Thirds) and LX3 (1/1.63") boast totally different sensor sizing.

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The E-620 was released 9 months later than the LX3 and they are both of a similar generation. The two cameras have different body design with the Olympus E-620 being a Compact SLR camera and the Panasonic LX3 being a Compact camera.

Before going into a detailed comparison, here is a simple view of how the E-620 matches up versus the LX3 with respect to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a preview of the gallery images for Olympus E-620 and Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3. The complete galleries are provided at Olympus E-620 Gallery and Panasonic LX3 Gallery.

When you are intending to lug around your camera frequently, you are going to need to take into account its weight and volume. The Olympus E-620 features outer dimensions of 130mm x 94mm x 60mm (5.1" x 3.7" x 2.4") and a weight of 500 grams (1.10 lbs) and the Panasonic LX3 has sizing of 109mm x 60mm x 27mm (4.3" x 2.4" x 1.1") with a weight of 265 grams (0.58 lbs).

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Always remember, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will differ dependant on the lens you have attached during that time. Below is a front view sizing comparison of the E-620 against the LX3.

Looking at dimensions and weight, the portability score of the E-620 and LX3 is 71 and 91 respectively.

Quite often, it is difficult to visualise the gap between sensor measurements just by reading technical specs. The graphic below will help offer you a much better sense of the sensor dimensions in the E-620 and LX3.

As you can tell, each of the cameras have different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The E-620 because of its bigger sensor will make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Olympus E-620 will deliver more detail as a result of its extra 2 Megapixels. Higher resolution will make it easier to crop pictures a bit more aggressively. The younger E-620 is going to have an edge in sensor tech.